Businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million to support ambitious projects developing new and more efficient ways to produce the UK’s food
World demand for food is expected to grow by 60 per cent to feed a rising and more prosperous global population.
Food producers need to supply what we eat in a more sustainable and efficient way, reducing pollution, minimising waste and improving soil conditions.
The UK is a global leader in the technologies that will help to achieve this, including in environmental management, earth observation, sensors, big data, artificial intelligence and robotics.
The UK Government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Transforming Food Production Challenge has up to £20 million from the fund to invest in large-scale and ambitious projects that help UK food production break out of a traditional land-based model and move towards a sustainable position of net-zero emissions.
Find out more about the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Transforming Food Production Challenge.
Areas of work could include new food sources
The competition is seeking projects either developing new and efficient low-emission food production systems or addressing technological and other bottlenecks holding back state-of-the art systems from supplying consumers.
Areas of work could include indoor growing systems, aquaculture, and new food sources such as insects and fermentation-based systems.
Projects must show how they will:
Find out more about a funded business exploring insects as a food source
Competition Information
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We will fund projects to focus on autonomo*us technologies (sensors, systems, vehicles and robotics) and data-driven solutions to enhance productivity. Projects should include demonstration sites in China, in the UK, or both.
Up to £15 million will support projects that either evaluate early-stage feasibility or demonstrate the viability of precision solutions that will transform food production.